Enid Mary Cotton Explained

Enid Mary Cotton (née Jesson) (1 May 1889 Malvern, Victoria – 19 April 1956 Farnham Common) was an Australian-born English botanist who married Arthur Disbrowe Cotton in 1913/1915, raising a son and daughter.^[1]

She was the daughter of a mining engineer John Charles Jesson and Lilian née Dawson. On the family's return to England she worked at Kew^[2] and contributed text to Curtis's Botanical Magazine as well as Elinor Frances Vallentin's Illustrations of Flowering Plants of the Falkland Islands (1921).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIM25 text-only browsing: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Cotton, Arthur Disbrowe (1879-1962). aim25.com. 2020-03-25. 2020-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200325152720/https://aim25.com/cats/132/17248.htm. live.
2. Web site: biographies. www.maberly.name. 2020-03-25. 2022-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206004631/http://www.maberly.name/Jessonbiographies.htm#emj. live.
3. Book: Desmond, Ray. Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. 1994-02-25. CRC Press. 978-0-85066-843-8. en. 2020-10-02. 2024-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20240531094705/https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C. live.